Yes it's definitely patchable for Ubuntu. I use Ubuntu myself. However, an official .deb package might take a bit of time as the compilation of chromium takes too long for normal users like me to submit to the launchpad compiler farm. It needs to be a developer from the ubuntu chromium team (correct me if o am wrong here, but I thought I read somewhere that compilations can go max 3 hours, and that there is an exception for devs in the chromium group). Also, someone will need to create a completely new package for the widevine binaries and, again, I think ordinary launchpad users like me are forbidden from submitting non open-source binary-only packages to launchpad. But once I am home from traveling I can create a patch to the Ubuntu chromium source package and send it to any ubuntu chromium developer who is interested.
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014, 00:05 Ekimia <cont...@ekimia.fr> wrote: > @hogliux : thank you so much for your work, that is really great news ! > > At last it seems the gap was not that hard, ridiculous that chromium > people did not try to enable it...; > > this seems patchable for debian/ubuntu then > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371274 > > Title: > Unable to use the widevine plugin with Chromium > > Status in Chromium Browser: > Unknown > Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > > Bug description: > Chromium is unable to use the widevine component from google chrome : > libwidevinecdmadapter.so and libwidevinecdm.so > > How to reproduce : > > - copy the 2 files the chrome archive in /usr/lib/chromium-browser > - check chrome://components/ > - Widevine does not appear > > it seems widevine support is only activated when branding=chrome > > as seen in > > > https://github.com/scheib/chromium/blob/master/third_ > party/widevine/cdm/widevine_cdm.gyp > > Widevine support would enable EME playing such as Netflix > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 > Package: chromium-browser 37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1042 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6 > Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Thu Sep 18 21:11:17 2014 > InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-02 (350 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 > (20130925.1) > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=fr_FR > TERM=xterm > PATH=(custom, no user) > LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: chromium-browser > SystemImageInfo: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type: > 'system-image-cli' > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-31 (109 days ago) > modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium.browser: [deleted] > mtime.conffile..etc.chromium.browser.default: 2014-06-01T14:14:23.245932 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/chromium-browser/+bug/1371274/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371274 Title: Unable to use the widevine plugin with Chromium To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/chromium-browser/+bug/1371274/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs